iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Próximamente en la colección de poesía de Cuadrivio

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🥰🥰 My translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) is included. 🥰🥰 #booksky #horrorsky #horror #xl8 #mexico #diadelosmuertod

0104

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A ver, diga “boom latinoamerican” con mucha seriedad.

010

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Escriba una tesis sobre la conexión entre Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (1731) de Johann Sebastian Bach, A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967) de Procol Harum y Amada amante (1971), interpretada por Roberto Carlos.

020

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

El cartel con la imagen que pintó Jean Michel Folon para la película Septiembre, de Woody Allen.

040

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

3 de abril 19 horas en la Casa Universitaria del libro Diseño gráfico para la editorial Almadía, 20 años

070

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Oh! Lovely! My translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro Magallanes ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) is a finalist for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize! 😍😍 #worldkidlit #kidlit #xl8 #booksky glli-us.org/2025/03/20/2...

Screenshot of the GLLI webpage

Headline reads:
ANNOUNCING THE SHORTLIST FOR THE 2025 GLOBAL LITERATURE IN LIBRARIES INITIATIVE TRANSLATED YOUNG ADULT BOOK PRIZE

There are thumbnails of the seven shortlisted titles, on two rows, including my translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL as the first thumbnail.

A paragraph then explains: The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize. This is the seventh year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, aged 12 through 18 inclusive.

2162

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Congratulations as well to our honour list, featuring @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social, Meihan Boey, Ricardo Chavez Castañeda, Alejandro Magallanes, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social, Cécile Cristofari, @lbhazelthorn.com, Sung-il Kim, @antonhur.com, and @wiswell.bsky.social.

The administrator was Farah Mendlesohn, who is stepping down to assume another role in the organization and will be succeeded by Kelly Robson. The Honour List for the Crawford Award includes Meihan Boey’s The Formidable Miss Cassidy, Gareth Brown’s The Book of Doors, The Book of Denial by Ricardo Chavez Castañeda (text)/Alejandro Magallanes (art)/Lawrence Schimel (translator), Cécile Cristofari’s Elephants in Bloom, L B Hazelthorn’s Rare birds, Sung-il Kim’s (trans. Anton Hur) Blood of the Old Kings, and John Wiswell’s Someone You Can Build A Nest In.

2145

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

As today is #DiaDeLosMuertos it's a good time to remind people about this amazing hybrid book from #Mexico, THE BOOK OF DENIAL written by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & illustrated by Alejandro Magallanes, that I translated into English for Enchanted Lion: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th... #kidlit #xl8

0113

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Both books I translated last year feature prominently in @slj.com's coverage of the @usbby.bsky.social 2025 Outstanding International Book List: LOOSE THREADS by Isol & THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro Magallanes (Both published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social) #kidlit #xl8

Screenshot from page 1 of School Library Journal's coverage in the Feb 2025 issue of USBBY’S 2025 OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIST

Words with Purpose
By the Outstanding International Books Committee, with an introduction by committee chair Rachel Roseberry

In Ricardo Chávez Castañeda’s The Book of Denial, one of the titles on this year’s United States Board on Books for Young People’s (USBBY) Outstanding International Books list, the narrator’s father writes, “I must write this so that others will care...and so that I will continue to care...So long as it seems that words have some purpose.”
It is USBBY’s view that words do indeed have a purpose, and the 40 titles on this year’s list, chosen by a committee with expertise in and passion for children’s literature from around the world, affirm that.

The purpose of words can be to delight—like the Argentinean tale of a curious young girl untangling a world of magic and mystery (Loose Threads), or the Brazilian classic in which a small child makes up his own words with élan to spare (Marcelo, Martello, Marshmallow).

#worldkidlit

Screenshot of page 2 of School Library Journal's coverage in the Feb 2025 issue of USBBY’S 2025 OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIST

The purpose of words can be to educate and inform—like a Russian creator’s story of water and its uses (Water), or a book recounting the life of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world’s first democratically elected female president (Vigdís).
The purpose of words can be to share new perspectives (or familiar ones)—like a story of a shared meal with family, neighbors, and friends in a bustling town in southwest China (Grandma’s Roof Garden), or a coming-of-age story navigating queer, Asian identity in Vancouver (Crash Landing).
Words can also be a call to action—like the story of tween activists
in Norway who work to save a forest (Save Our Forest!) or The Book of
Denial itself. It is a horror tale recounting brutality toward children, and
it reminds us that the lives of all children across the globe are precious and must be protected.
Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace.

The 2025 Outstanding International Books Committee
Rachel Roseberry (chair), Brooklyn, NY
Susan Polos (asst. chair), Katonah, NY María V. Acevedo-Aquino, San Antonio, TX Taraneh Matloob Haghanikar, Cedar Falls, IA Elizabeth “Gussie” Lewis, Chevy Chase, MD Linda M. Pavonetti, Lake Orion, MI Junko Sakoi, Tucson, AZ
Riky Stock, Highlands, NJ
Tiffany Thornton, Milwaukee, WI

PRE-K–2
BENET, Nuria Gómez. Montezuma’s Tantrum. tr. from Spanish by Elisa Amado. illus. by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca. Aldana Libros/ Greystone. (Spain/Mexico)
CHIRIF, Micaela. A Sleepless Night. tr. from Spanish by Jordan Landsman. illus. by Joaquín Camp. Transit. (Argentina)
DEBHAIRDUIN, Oein. The Slug and the Snail. illus. by Olya Anima. Little Island. (Ireland)
GOMI, Taro. Taro Gomi’s Big Book of Words. tr. from Japanese by Kaisei-…

Each year, USBBY, the United States section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), appoints a committee to select its Outstanding International Books (OIB) list, which celebrates children’s literature that U.S. publishers and distributors have brought in from around the world. The list highlights exceptional literature that introduces young people to outstanding authors and illustrators from other countries, helps young people in the United States to see the world from diverse perspectives, promotes literature that is accessible to young people in the United States, addresses topics that may be missing from U.S. children’s and young adult literature, and encourages titles that exhibit distinct cultural flavor. The committee received 447 books published in 2024, of which 40 were chosen as OIB. For additional information and access to all OIB lists, visit www.usbby.org. Note: Country names in parentheses indicate where the book was first or simultaneously published. A second country name in parentheses indicates book setting if it differs meaningfully from country of publication.

NICHOLSON, Caitlin Dale with Leona Morin-Neilson. ninitohtênân / We Listen. tr. from English to Cree by Leona Morin-Neilson. illus. by Caitlin Dale Nicholson. Groundwood. (Canada)
PAWIS-STECKLEY, Mangeshig. Boozhoo! Hello! tr. from English to Anishinaabemowin by Mary Ann Corbiere. illus. by author. Groundwood. (Canada)
ROCHA, Ruth. Marcelo, Martello, Marshmallow. tr. from Portuguese by Tal Goldfajn. illus. by Ana Matsusaki. Tapioca Stories. (Brazil)
SANTOS, Victor D.O. What Makes Us Human. tr. from Portuguese by Victor D.O. Santos. illus. by Anna Forlati. Eerdmans. (Brazil)
WEI, Tang. Grandma’s Roof Garden. tr. from Chinese by Kelly Zhang. illus. by author. Levine Querido. (China)
3–5
ATINUKE. Too Small Tola Makes It Count. illus. by Onyinye Iwu. Candlewick. (United Kingdom/Nigeria)
FADEEVA, Olga. Water: Discovering the Precious Resource All Around Us. tr. from Russian …

TRIINU, Laan. John the Skeleton. tr. from Estonian by Adam Cullen. illus. by Marja-Liisa Plats. Restless/Yonder. (Estonia)
VAN DE VENDEL, Edward & Anoush Elman. Mishka. tr. from Dutch by Nancy Forest-Flier. illus. by Annet Schaap. Levine Querido. (Netherlands)
ZEI, Alki. The Wildcat Behind Glass. tr. from Greek by Karen Emmerich. Restless/Yonder. (Greece)
6–8
DÅSNES, Nora. Save Our Forest! tr. from Norwegian by Lise Lærdal Bryn. illus. by author. Astra/Hippo Park. (Norway)
ESCOBAR, Melba. Johnny, the Sea, and Me. tr. from Spanish by Sara Lissa Paulson. illus. by Elizabeth Builes. Enchanted Lion. (Colombia)
HARDINGE, Frances. Island of Whispers. illus. by Emily Gravett. Amulet/Abrams. (United Kingdom)
KURIMOTO, Kengo. Wildful. illus. by author. Groundwood. (Canada) LIM, Rebecca & Kate Gordon. The Mailbox Tree. Walker. (Australia) MARUNO, Jennifer. The Go-Between. Red Deer. (Canada)
ONDJAKI. Our Beautiful Darkness. tr. from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann. illus. by António Jorge Gonçalves. Unruly/ Enchanted Lion. (Brazil/Angola)
RUNDBERG, Johan. The Queen of Thieves: The Moonwind Mysteries. tr. from Swedish by A. A. Prime. Amazon. (Sweden)
SHAH, Wali & Eric Walters. Call Me Al. Orca. (Canada)
STRIDSBERG, Sara. We Go to the Park. tr. from Swedish by B. J. Woodstein. illus. by Beatrice Alemagna. Unruly/Enchanted Lion. (Sweden)
9–12
BUTLER, George. Ukraine: Remember Also Me: Testimonies from the War. illus. by author. Candlewick Studio. (United Kingdom/ Ukraine)
CERCIGNANO, Anna, Elenora Antonioni, Maurizia Rubino, Francesca Torre & others. Loud: Stories to Make Your Voice Heard. tr. from Italian by Anna Barton. illus. by authors. Dark Horse. (Italy)
CHÁVEZ CASTAÑEDA, Ricardo. The Book of Denial. tr. from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel. illus. by Alejandro Magallanes. Unruly/ Enchanted Lion. (Mexico)
LI, Charmaine Anne. Crash Landing. Annick. (Canada)

082

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Revista de la Universidad @revistaunam.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

En esta portada rendimos un homenaje contemporáneo al artista Vicente Rojo, que trabajó en la RUM entre 1965 y 1979, con la "Carta inconclusa para Vicente" de Alejandro Magallanes.

111

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Acá parece a veces que se va la luz.

010

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Traducen la película Rushmore de Wes Anderson como Tres son multitud a finales del siglo pasado. El cartel de la película con influencia constructivista.

040

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Javier Jaén @javierjaen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Cover for @theatlantic.com How Progressives Froze the American Dream. Text by @yappelbaum.bsky.social . AD by Elizabeth Hart.

121

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

En esta fotografía de 1915, Venustiano Carranza tenía 56 años.

070

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Patricio López @p-tricio.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Me sale que la imagen de la portada es de Irene von Treskow.

111

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Acabamos de leer el libro El palacio de la luna de Paul Auster. Lo disfruté muchísimo. Busqué en internet las portadas que se han hecho del libro en distintos lugares y épocas. Una de mis favoritas fue una de Faber & Faber, y cuya imagen creo es de Andrzej Klimowski, aunque no he podido confirmarlo.

230

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hoy compré un caleidoscopio a un señor que los vende en el semáforo de Miguel Ángel de Quevedo y Av. Universidad. La belleza fractal de la Ciudad de México.

040

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Graphique Bot @graphique.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Behind the American Dream (2001), Alejandro Magallanes a-g-i.org/design/behind-the-america…

011

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Mauricio Montiel Figueiras @mmfigueiras.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Algunas perlas: Dos extraños amantes – Annie Hall Cuando los hermanos se encuentran – Rain Man Un final inesperado – Thelma & Louise Fuego contra fuego – Heat Petróleo sangriento – There Will Be Blood Juno: correr, crecer y tropezar – Juno Expiación, deseo y pecado – Atonement

021

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Ayer Jorge Ibargüengoitia cumpliría 97 años. (Jorge por Joy Laville)

2286

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Le quería recordar que la película Working Girl de Mike Nichols (1988) fue titulada en español como Secretaria ejecutiva, y cuyo inicio guarda cierta similitud con el de Closer (2004), también dirigida por Nichols y nombrada en español como Closer: llevados por el deseo.

120

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Le quería contar que en el año 2001 tradujeron en México Bandits como Vida bandida. En esa película Cate Blanchet interpreta dos éxitos de Bonnie Tayler.

060

Alejandro Magallanes @magallanes71.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

El retrato de Lucha Villa dibujado por Rufino Tamayo para el disco 25 años de Lucha (1987)

150

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Mauricio Montiel Figueiras @mmfigueiras.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Feliz de recibir finalmente los ejemplares del primer tomo de la apasionante autobiografía de mi querida amiga María Jesús Pérez. Como de costumbre, @magallanes71.bsky.social se lució con un diseño espectacular. Fue una de mis mejores lecturas de 2024. Pronto estará disponible en Amazon.

041

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A ghost story from Mexico that I translated into English: THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social (Enchanted Lion): enchantedlion.com/all-books/th... Profusely illustrated, metaficitonal history of violence against children, throughout the ages.

enchantedlion.com

The Book of Denial — Enchanted Lion Books

*This title will also be available on Bookshop , an organization that supports independent bookstores! Written by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda Illustrated by Alejandro Magallanes Translated fr...

1144

Reposted by Alejandro Magallanes

Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Wow! Kirkus Reviews has chosen my #translation into English of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social (Enchanted Lion Books) as 1 of their 6 favorite #YABooks of 2024! 😍😍😍 #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #booksky #mexico #latinx #HorrorFiction #YAReads 📚💙